Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae: Frequency of Hospital Room Contamination and Survival on Various Inoculated Surfaces

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 590-593

  Weber, David J ^a,b   Rutala, William A ^a,b   Kanamori, Hajime ^a   Gergen, Maria F ^a   Sickbert Bennett, Emily E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM RESISTANT ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTAMINATION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA; HOSPITAL; HOUSING; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; SPECIES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CARBAPENEMS; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA; PATIENTS' ROOMS;

EID: 84984910925     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/ice.2015.17     Document Type: Article

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